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Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Socialism, Politics & NYC | The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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I've partnered with Ground News to get you the discount that is available only for a limited time. That's ground news.com stewart or scan the QR code on screen. Thank you to Ground News for sponsoring this episode. Capitalism would have faced a much stiffer opposition from communism and socialism in the 1930s if the New Deal hadn't been instituted. if we hadn't had created a more robust social safety net. Revolution would have been much more on the table without Social Security, without the, you know, better housing for people. (17:07–17:23)

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Asserts that the New Deal mitigated opposition to capitalism in the 1930s.

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